This illustrated book presents Chinese folk masks with German-language annotations. The Chinese folk masks look back on a long history. The folk masks are closely related to song and dance in primitive society, witchcraft, totem worship, folk song and dance, and folk operas, and reflect beliefs, customs, life wishes, and ideals of beauty of various ethnic groups in China.

This illustrated book with German annotations mainly presents historical ceramics and porcelain with attractive pictures and various annotations. The following chapters are listed: Pottery in the Neolithic Age, from pottery to porcelain - a major step in the Han dynasty, ceramics and porcelain during the Wei and Jin periods, as well as in the Southern and Northern dynasties, ceramics and porcelain in the Sui and Tang Dynasty, pottery and porcelain in the Song Dynasty, pottery and porcelain in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, pottery and porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, pottery and porcelain in modern times.

The illustrated book presents about 100 Chinese peasant images with German inscriptions from the chapters Jinshan peasant painting in Shanghai, peasant painting from Dongfeng in Jilin province, peasant painting from Huxian in Shaanxi province, peasant painting from Huangzhong in Qinghai province and peasant painting from Qijiang in Chongqing.

This book presents in five categories banner-like paper cuts, paper cutouts as gifts, silhouettes as wedding pictures, silhouettes as embroidery designs and paper cuts as decoration. The approximately 100 artistic illustrations are accompanied by various annotations in German language.

Kite flying has an ancient tradition in China and can be traced back to the spring and autumn periods (770-476 BC) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC). This illustrated book presents about 100 artistic and especially unusual Chinese dragons, such as magnificent Peking dragons, imperial style or exclusive Tianjin-style dragons, the result of the highest level of craftsmanship. Experience the dragons in this color edition with German explanations.

German edition. This richly illustrated work brings China closer in 30 chapters. With their vivid portrayal of the highlights of Chinese culture, the authors show insights into the thinking and feeling of the Chinese. We immerse ourselves in a five-thousand-year-long caleidoscope of the spirit of creation and the search for the new, which is still opening up in the folk traditions of China. Thus, cultural characteristics, views of life, aesthetics and the self-confidence of the Chinese can be better understood. Every work of art, every building tells its own fascinating story.

This book about the Chinese paper cutting is a mixture of step-by-step instructions for making Chinese paper cuts with the most popular traditional characters - instruction for Chinese teachers as well as self-learning material for Chinese learners. Most of the instructions are, however, written in Chinese characters only, some with English translation, but the translation is more oriented to the cultural notes. The main target group for this work is more to be seen in Chinese teachers.

Only those who practice calligraphy on a daily basis, for many years, can master this art. However, everyone has to begin somewhere, and with this fine tool you are well on your way to creating strokes of beauty!

In this volume, Chinese Fine Arts, we take you to a distinguished gallery featuring Chinese fine arts developed over thousands of years. Chinese calligraphy, painting, music, dance, theatre and sculpture are the different mediums used by uninhibited artists to convey both the beautiful and grotesque of Chinese society. From the works of art compiled in this book, you can learn about China’s interactions with her neighbours, political tussles in the Imperial Court and the psyche of the ordinary folk.

China: Volkskunst shows readers some photos of some well-known Chinese traditional handicrafts, such as paper-cuttings, shadow-plays, little silver sculptures and so on. And this book also provides readers with some simple explanations. A fabulous book for collection.

China has an ancient civilzation with a very long history. Understand it solely through the study of document is clearly inadequate. A wealth of objects and remains has been preserved on Chinasvast territory and underground; much of which has been collected and is exhibited in various kind of museums. This raw material of history can, in a certain sense, be considered more valuable for our understanding of the past of China than documents and historical records.

Professor Chen Wangheng, a scholar on traditional Chinese aesthetics, has made an in-depth analysis of the historical features and achievements of Chinese bronze. In these pages, he has shown convincingly that it was Chinese bronze art that nurtured the beginnings of Chinese culture, and that this art was rich in aesthetic, artistic and social concepts. Enhanced by more than 80 illustrations and plates of important pieces.